Sr Software Engineer (Python)

We are seeking a Sr Software Engineer to join our growing team!

Position Overview

We are looking for a talented Sr. Python Developer to work within the development team. This position will be located in our Pune Office.

In this role candidate will:

• Develop application code according to requirements and assigned tasks.
• Contribute to lifecycle Flow and value streams by following and prescribing methodologies and best practices.
• Mentor and coach junior development team members.
• Solve the most difficult software development challenges.
• Maintain balance of business and technical acumen in decision making.
• Contribute to source-code management and work item tracking best practices.
• Contribute to the estimation process during planning exercises.
• Provide consultation to development management team.

Competencies:

• Must demonstrate good decision making and effective business acumen.
• Must be able to communicate in both written and verbal form.
• Must maintain the confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Must have a growth mindset and subscribe to a continuous learning philosophy.
• Demonstrate expertise and mastery in your area of technology and industry.
• Must establish and maintain effective working relationships.

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Must Have

• 5+ years of work experience as a Python Developer.
• Knowledge of Python web frameworks and event-driven programming.
• Expertise in at least one popular Python framework (like Django, Flask, Pyramid or FastAPI).
• Basic knowledge of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, Type Script/Javascript and CSS3.
• Hands-on experience with SQL and good exposure to optimization techniques & addressing performance issues.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL is an added advantage but experience with any relational DB would be fine.
• Experience with Object-Relational Mapping (ORM (e.g.,SQLAlchemy).
• Experience with Celery (Python distributed task queue)
• Experience with RESTful API and understanding of web security.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools.
• Writing clean code and following good practices
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skillsExperience

Nice to have:

• Ability to learn new languages and technologies.
• Security background or basic 101-type understanding.
• Familiarity with Docker.
• Experience in working with AWS.
• Experience in working in scrum teams